Metallic Epoxy Flooring in Winfield, IL

What each side of the choice is like to own

The wearing layer on both is a clear topcoat, and everything that happens to the floor happens to that. Shoes, chair legs, furniture feet, the dog and the weekly mop all land on a hard sealed surface rather than on the metallic coat beneath it, so the depth stays as it was poured whichever tone you chose. Cleaning is the same on both: a sweep and a damp mop, with no grout, no seams and no porous joint for a spill to settle into.

Where they differ is in what they show between cleans. A dark gloss floor shows dust, lint and footprints more readily, in the same way a dark car does, and it rewards being wiped over more often, which in a small evening room is no trouble and in a busy hallway is worth knowing before you choose. A light floor hides dust and shows the odd dark mark instead, a scuff from a black sole or a dropped coffee, both of which wipe off, and it stays looking clean longer in a room with a lot of traffic through it.

Both keep their depth. The color and the movement are inside the coat rather than printed on top of it, so a dark floor does not wear pale along the path from the door and a light floor does not wear through to something else underneath, and neither dates when the furniture and the paint around it change.

Base, pigment and sheen on each side of the line

On a dark floor the base is the anchor and the pigment is the light in it. A black or charcoal base with a silver, pewter, bronze or copper pigment worked through gives movement that reads as veins of light across a deep surface, and the more contrast between the two, the more dramatic the floor. Worked quietly, the same pair reads almost as a single dark stone.

On a light floor the base carries the light and the pigment gives it depth. A pearl, ivory or pale gray base with a darker or a warmer pigment through it gives a floor that reads as soft movement rather than as veining, and that changes through the day as the light coming into the room changes. It can be pushed toward contrast with a strong pigment, but most light floors are chosen precisely because they are quiet.

Sheen is the third decision and it lands differently on each. A high gloss on a dark floor is the deepest effect a metallic can give, and also the one that shows the most between cleans; a satin on a dark floor keeps the depth and hides the day. On a light floor a high gloss returns the most daylight and a satin softens it, and because a light floor forgives dust, the gloss is usually the easier choice there. All three are settled in the room under its own light rather than from a photograph.

Winfield rooms this floor goes into

We cover Winfield and the neighboring DuPage suburbs from our shop in Roselle, and the people who come out to look at the room are the people who pour the floor.

Winfield is a village of houses more than businesses, and the rooms this floor goes into here are mostly in homes: a finished lower level, a family room, a hall, a home office or a bar, in houses that range from older village homes near the center to the subdivisions built around them since. A lower level with windows on one side and a media room at the other end is a room that could go either way, which is exactly the decision this page is about.

Have a metallic floor priced for your Winfield room

We work throughout Winfield and the surrounding DuPage suburbs from our shop in Roselle, with our own crew rather than subcontracted labor. The visit is free and commits you to nothing. Tell us which room it is, how it is lit and whether you are leaning dark or light, and we will talk through the bases and pigments worth considering from experience with rooms like yours, settle the sheen in the room and quote the job. Call (630) 206-5602 or email info@evolveconcretecoating.com to arrange a visit. We answer Monday to Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM.